What Is an AuDHD Assessment?
If you've ever felt like your brain is arguing with itself, craving routine one moment and chasing novelty the next, you may have come across the term "AuDHD." An AuDHD assessment is the clinical process used to work out whether someone has both Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), two conditions that, until fairly recently, weren't even allowed to be diagnosed together. What Does "AuDHD" Actually Mean? AuDHD is a colloquial, community-driven term for people who live with both Autism Spectrum Disorder and ADHD, as explained in this breakdown of AuDHD from the Australian Autism Alliance . It isn't a standalone medical diagnosis you'll find in a diagnostic manual. Rather, it's a shorthand that's emerged from the neurodivergent community to describe how these two neurodevelopmental conditions often co-occur and interact, producing a distinct behavioural, social and executive functioning profile th...